It's Not That It Burns
Art Galleries
20 October - 21 November
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After a recent sell-out show in Melbourne, hot and collectable Australian contemporary artist, Michael Peck is set to wow Sydney audiences with his first solo exhibition at Dickerson Gallery – ‘It’s Not That It Burns’ – opening on 20 October.
This exhibition of new paintings sees him using his signature monochromatic painting style to question the accuracy of human memory.
While Peck doesn’t paint in black and white he reduces his palette to a point where colour almost ceases to exist, like 1950s film stills or faded photographs. In recalling the past, he also removes the rose-coloured glasses of nostalgia to present something that is frequently bleak, but simultaneously beautiful. Peck has been recognised as having an uncanny ability to visually draw the audience into his work, creating a truly enveloping experience.
Peck took the titles of the exhibition from a quote in the novel Fugitive Pieces by Anne Michael, in which the author seeks out the difference between historical fact and what we remember – “The mystery of wood is not that it burns, but that it floats”. Whether hardened, softened, blurred, refined, weathered and even reinvented, Peck’s memories – some personal, some not – bring joy and also sadness, both of which are essential to appreciating our life.
‘It’s Not That It Burns’, Michael Peck
Dickerson Gallery, 34 Queen Street, Woollahra, Tue – Sat 11am-5.30pm, Sun 1-5:30pm
20 October – 21 November 2010.
02 9363 3358
Venue
Dickerson Gallery @ 34 Queen Street, Woolahra
Price
FREE
Bookings
0293633358